Miss International Winner (2005) Precious Lara Quigaman

As of November 10, 2012, Precious Lara Quigaman (now Mrs. Marco Alcaraz) is officially a mom, giving birth to a baby boy at the Asian Hospital and Medical Center in Alabang. But that would not stop us from featuring this really really beautiful Pinay!

Here's a photo of her, wearing a two-piece swimsuit.

She was born Precious Lara San Agustin Quigaman on January 3, 1983 in Taguig (a city of south Metro Manila), having the distinction of not only winning the Miss International crown in 2005 but also sharing the distinction with Gemma Cruz who won it in 1964, Aurora Pijuan (1970) and Melanie Marquez (1979). In that same year, she also won the Binibining Pilipinas International title.

She is all smiles in image below with the tournament's runner-ups.

Aside from being a beauty queen, she is also a model and product endorser, gracing the covers of international and local magazines such as Metro, People, Mirror, Exude, Mod, Woman's Journal (twice), Health Today and Image Magazine, Woman Today Int'l: Play (USA, Europe), and OFW Abroad & BF (Japan). She was also the image model for Herbs and Nature's Fitrum, Nestle Bear Brand Milk, Centrum Multi-vitamins, Calayan Surgi Center, Outland Footwear, Whoops Clothing, Carmeltown, David's salon, David's spa, Dermaline and Diana Stalder.

And to top it all, she has studied at the South Gluocestershire and Stroud College and Bristol University in England, with courses in Media Production and Communication and Childhood and Youth Studies respectively.

A photo from her wedding.

From 2006 to 2012, Precious Lara Quigaman has appeared in nine (9) movies: The Healing, Enteng ng Ina Mo, Aswang, Babangluksa, Dalaw, Slowfade, Buenavista, Umaaraw Umuulan, Kapag Tumibok ang Puso: Not Once but Twice. In 2006, she was featured in the fantasy series Encantadia for GMA Network before she transferred to ABS-CBN, appearing in various roles in countless shows.

Here she, then pregnant, and proudly posing semi-nude with her baby bump.

More photos of our lovely Pinay celebrity.

source: Wikipedia

Filipina-Italian celeb Assunta De Rossi | FHM Photos

I know you miss her like I do. Ever since her marriage to congressman Jules Ledesma - representative of the first district of western Visayas province Negros Occidental - her luscious smile and voluptuous body has been away from showbiz spotlights.

Of course, I'm talking about Filipina-Italian actress Assunta De Rossi.

Born as Maria Assunta Tiotangco Schiavone in Lecce, Italy on February 19, 1983, she is an actress and model who once lorded over print and broadcast media, especially during the first half of the new millennium. But in 2006, she was featured again in the steamy men's rag: For Him Magazine (FHM Philippines). Here are her photos from said shoot.

Assunta de Rossi (her screen name) was born to an Italian father named Luigi Schiavone and a Filipina mother named Nanita.

But don't let her looks deceive you, she may have started out as a flowervase (as a siren and leading lady of action films). But she blossomed to be a respectable actress, who like her younger sister Alessandra (Alex) has won the coveted Best Actress award of the Metro Manila Film Festival.

She has appeared in the following movies: Sabi Mo Mahal Mo Ako Wala ng Bawian and Ibulong Mo sa Diyos 2  in 1997, Sige Subukan Mo and  Hangga't Kaya Kong Lumaban in 1998), Sumigaw Ka Hanggang Gusto Mo, Kanang kanay: Ituro Mo, Itutumba Ko and Ikaw Lamang in 1999, Tugatog and Baliktaran in 2000, Red Diaries, Sisid , Hubog in 2001, Kilabot at Kembot, Jologs, Bahid in 2002, Pinay Pie in 2003 and Mourning Girls in 2006.

Our featured Pinay celeb has also been active as a TV actress from her debut in That's Entertainment in 1995 (as Assunta Schiavone), being cast in various roles in rival networks ABS-CBN and GMA-7.

More photos of our svelte Filipina-Italian actress including two covers and a calendar of FHM Philippines) (click to enlarge)!

sources: Wikipedia, FHM.com.ph